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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1895

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Loan Estimates. Rylstone Election Void. Electric Lighting of Sydney. Customs Duties Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1895 · page 5

AFTER our Parliamentary report last night closed, the discussion in committee of supply upon the loan estimates was continued. The estimates were passed without alteration, and…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 19Th September. Mining on Private Lands. The Case of George Hadfield. Newcastle Pasturage Reserve. Land Taxation and Loan Bills. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. YOUNG, in reply to Mr. WRIGHT said that the final survey of the railway…

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The Rylstone Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 4

THE report of the Elections and Qualification Committee on the Rylstone election necessitates the issue of a new writ for that constituency. The reason…

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Above the Speaker. Last Week's Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 September 1895 · page 5

Was as dull as the proverbial ditchwater Old bills, old speeches, and old arguments filled in nearly all the week in the Assembly; in fact, a good deal of the business was so…

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The Assembly's Business Paper. Subjects Before Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 8

THE business paper of the Assembly is at all times a peculiar document, and as members of Parliament are supposed, by a grim and ancient tradition, to be a reflex of the people,…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 24Th September. Hunter District Water Supply. Newcastle Hospital. Eight Hours Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. RELD in reply to Mr. FEGAN, said believed that a large number of municipal…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 25Th September. Hunter District Water Supply. Ash Island Punt. The Plattsburg Drain. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1895 · page 5

THE Assembly sat until 12 25 this morning. On the adjournment, Mr. DICK drew attention to the inadequacy of appliances for the use of pilots…

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Above the Speaker. the Capacity of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 September 1895 · page 5

[?]to provide excitements is practically interminable, and last week provided more than the usual number of legislative sensations. The Dean number of legislative sensations…

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Presidency of the United States. MR. B. Harrison Not a Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Benjamin Harrison has intimated that it is not his intention to offer himself as a candidate for the Presidency of the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 1St October. Railway Officials at Newcastle. The Three Removed Members. Reform of the Civil Service. Walka-Buttai Pipe Line. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 October 1895 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30. Mr. Meagher made the statement reported elsewhere. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 2Nd October. Rates on Wool from the West. Foreshores of Port Hunter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1895 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. REID, in reply to Mr PRICE, said he was informed that recently the rates for…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1895 · page 5

In the Assembly to-day a bill was introduced to amend the Co-operative Committee's Land Settlement Act. This bill, among other matters, proposes to give the…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 3Rd October. The Estimates. Local Reductions. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 October 1895 · page 5

AFTER our report of last night the House continued sitting in committee of supply for discussion of the Estimates, the sitting ex-extending throughout to-day…

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Melbourne Gossip. Parliament and Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 7

POLITICS have apparently disappeared from parliamentary life in Victoria for a space. With rare exceptions the sittings are given up to dull debates…

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Parliament. Tuesday, October 8. Legislative Assembly. Foundering of the Gem. Ventilation of Collieries. Audit of Public Accounts. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. CRICK made the statement reported elsewhere…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Phillip Division.—sir H. Parkes a Candidate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 5

A WRIT for the vacancy in the Philip Division has been issued by the Speaker. The nomination will be on the 15th instant, and the polling on the 17th. It is reported that…

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The Dean Case. Solution of the Mystery. Mr. Meagher Confesses Statement in Parliament. Mr. Crick Exonerated. Resignation of Mr. Meagher. Dean Re-arrested. Further Charged with Perjury. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1895 · page 5

IN the Assembly this afternoon, as soon as the Speaker took the chair, the most affecting scene and most distressing speech ever made in a Parliament was delivered by…

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Parliament. Wednesday, October 9. Legislative Assembly. Federal Enabling Bill. Public Service Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4 30. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Mr. REID, in reply to Mr. AFFLECK, said he was aware how the Council had dealt with…

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Parliament. Thursday, October 10. Legislative Assembly. Public Service Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The debate on the second reading of the Public Service Bill was resumed by…

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The Bye-elections. Rylstone and Phillip Division. The Premier at Rylstone. Speeches by Sir Henry Parkes and Mr. Wise. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 5

THE polling for the Parliamentary vacancy at Rylstone will take place to-morrow (Monday), and a good deal of interest is centred in the contest which is between Mr. W. O. Wall…

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